What we build for these businesses
Hauliers, freight forwarders and specialist transport. Two very different buyers arrive at these sites: a commercial customer doing procurement, and a driver or subcontractor looking for work. Most haulage websites serve the first badly and the second not at all.
- Web design & development
- Quote & enquiry systems
- Driver & careers sections
- Compliance & accreditation pages
- SEO & AI search
- Branding
- Video
- Hosting & support
Recruitment is the quiet win here. For most operators the careers page ends up earning more than the sales page, because drivers are harder to find than customers.
Live sites in the sector
Every one of these is a live site for a real business. No stock screenshots, no “representative examples”: click through and check.
West Buckland Haulage
International haulage, Taunton
International haulage, where the site has to answer a procurement question and a driver enquiry equally well.
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Aardvark
Haulage & logistics, Exeter
A regional operator, built so capability and coverage are obvious in one screen.
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Global Express Logistics
Logistics, Southport
Freight and logistics, where the buyer is comparing suppliers on process and reliability.
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West Buckland Bloodstock
Bloodstock transport, Taunton
Specialist livestock transport, a niche where trust is the entire sale.
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What a haulage website actually has to do
Freight buyers do not browse. They arrive with a load, a lane and a deadline, and they are deciding in under a minute whether you can take it. That makes the job of a haulage site almost the opposite of a brochure: the useful information has to be at the top, in plain language, and it has to survive being read on a phone in a yard.
In practice the questions are always the same. What do you carry, what weight and dimensions can you handle, which countries or regions do you run, what licences and accreditations do you hold, and who do I ring right now. A site that answers those five things above the fold beats a site with better photography every time.
The accreditations matter more here than in almost any other trade. Operator licence, FORS, CLOCS, ADR where relevant, insurance levels, ISO certifications. Buyers use them as a filter before they use anything else, so they belong on the page as text a search engine can read, not buried in a PDF or baked into an image nobody can index.
Getting found in freight
Haulage is one of the sectors where being a Devon agency stops mattering, which is exactly why we like it. Nobody searching for a bloodstock transporter or an international groupage operator cares where their web designer sits. They care whether the site that comes up can do the job.
The searches are specific and low-volume. Almost nobody types "haulage company". They type the lane, the load or the licence: abnormal load haulage, ADR tanker work, groupage to Spain, horsebox transport. Those phrases have modest traffic and very high intent, and they are winnable because most operators in the sector have websites that never mention them.
AI answers are becoming a real route in. When a logistics manager asks an assistant for operators who run a particular lane or carry a particular class, the answer is assembled from sites that state those facts plainly and consistently. Specialists do far better than generalists here, which suits this sector.
Directories and trade bodies still carry weight. Consistent name, address and phone across the trade listings is unglamorous work that quietly moves the needle, and we will tell you which ones are worth the time.
What it costs and how long it takes
Landing pages start from £500. Brochure sites, e-commerce and bespoke platforms are quoted to scope, because pretending otherwise produces a number that changes the moment we understand the job. You get a fixed price before anything starts, and it does not move unless you ask for something new.
On timescales: a simple page can be turned around in 24 to 48 hours, most brochure sites go live in three to six weeks, and e-commerce or custom builds run six to twelve weeks. The variable is almost never us. It is how quickly copy, photography and technical detail come back, and we will tell you at the start which of those sits on your side of the line.
We are founder-led, so the person who quotes the job is the person who builds it. Nothing is subcontracted, and you are not paying for an account manager to relay messages between you and the person doing the work.
What clients say
Reviews from Google and Trustpilot, quoted as written. There are more on our reviews page.
★★★★★
“Exceptional service - dedicated & responsive to brief It’s taken me years to find someone that understand my business to be able to do a website justice. Thank you Dom !…”
Jo Storrvia Google
★★★★★
“Excellent from start to finish. The website was done before I even knew about it. All the info processed onto the site was seamless, any little tweaks got done straight away. Dom is helpful, friendly and very professional from start to finish.”
Mark Stantonvia Google
★★★★★
“Well what can I say, in 24 hours Create Agency rebuilt my website, sorted the SEO, fixed my emails. Pretty much did everything that my current provider wasn’t doing but was happy to take my money. Brilliant service, can’t recommend enough, thanks again for such a fantastic service. Steve”
Steven Leggettvia Trustpilot
★★★★★
“Create Web Design did an outstanding job on our website. Professional, responsive, and genuinely creative. Dom understood exactly what we needed and delivered ahead of schedule. Communication was excellent throughout. Highly recommend if you want a team that actually cares about the result, great work.”
Ian Prattvia Google
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